Swerve Strickland is still the owner of AEW after successfully defending his title against Will Ospreay in Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Ospreay’s first loss in a promotional contest since joining the company officially earlier this year. The AEW International title of Ospreay was not at stake. Strickland caught a severely weakened Ospreay as • Read More »
NJPW announced that they will be releasing their own version of Forbidden Doors in January. During the AEW x NJPW forbidden door on Sunday, a NJPW promotional video was shown for Wrestledynasty, which will take place the following day, Sunday, 5th January — the day after the annual Wrestle kingdom event at the Tokyo Dome, • Read More »
Tetsuya Nito, who had been without gold for a few months, is now the IWGP World Heavyweight champion after defeating Jon Moxley on Sunday at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Naito won the match after hitting the Destino. The match was wild and spilled out all over the ringside. Moxley appeared to have won the • Read More »
Britt Baker, who had been out of the ring for more than ten month, returned to AEW’s Forbidden Doors pay-per view on Sunday to face Mercedes Mone. Baker’s music was a huge hit with Long Island, New York fans after Mone’s victory over Stephanie Vaquer, which earned her the NJPW Strong Women title in addition • Read More »
Jack Perry is now the TNT Champion. Perry won the title in Sunday’s Forbidden Door ladder match. In a match filled with wild bumps and crazy spots, Perry won the match after striking Mark Briscoe, stepping over Mark Briscoe in order to climb the ladder and grab his title. This was the first time he • Read More »
Mercedes Mone, TBS Champion, is now a “champ champion” after she defeated NJPW’s Strong Women’s Championship Stephanie Vaquer at Sunday’s AEW x NJPW’s Forbidden Door in a competitive title vs. championship match. The end came as Mone hit the Mone Maker, which led to the crossface where Vaquer gave a quick tap. Both women were • Read More »
During the AEW x NJPW forbidden door on Sunday, AEW announced the date of September’s Grand Slam and also provided presale information. The show will be broadcast from Arthur Ashe Stadium, Queens, New York on Wednesday, 25th September. As usual, the show will be broadcast live and in a new twist, a two hour Rampage • Read More »
Bryan Danielson and Mariah may have advanced to the next round. Both men and women won their qualifying matches in Sunday’s Forbidden Doors to reach the semi-finals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournaments for men and women, respectively. May was the first one to advance in the Forbidden Doors Zero Hour pre-show, after she pinned • Read More »
NXT has added a new tag-team match. On Tuesday, Tyriek Dupont and Tyriek Igwe will face off against Gallus (Wolfgang Coffey and Joe Coffey). The two teams have been feuding for the past few weeks. Gallus attacked Igwe and Dupont earlier this month, just before their match. The match never happened as a result. Igwe • Read More »
Swerve Strickland defends his AEW World Championship tonight against Will Ospreay at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in Long Island, New York. Toni Storm defends her AEW Women’s world title against Mina Shirakawa, while a ladder match of six will determine the new TNT champion. TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will face NJPW Strong Women’s champion • Read More »